Monarch alternative

Monarch budgets your household. Splitkaro keeps all your money in one place.

Monarch is where people go for one dashboard over every account, a real budget, and a partner looking at the same numbers. Splitkaro keeps all your money in one place instead: your own spending, your couple and family money, your business, and anything split with friends.

The short answer

Monarch if you want one paid dashboard over every account, with budgets, goals and net worth. Splitkaro if you want personal, couple, business and group money in one app, with bills split item by item. Plenty of people run both.

Splitkaro vs Monarch, feature by feature

Splitkaro vs Monarch, feature by feature
FeatureSplitkaroMonarch
Personal expense tracking
Link bank, loan and investment accountsBeta, via Plaid
Auto-import transactions from bank SMSIf your bank sends text alerts
Share the picture with a partner
Split one expense between people
Group expense tracking with balances
Chat-based groups (like WhatsApp)
Item-wise bill splitting: choose who ate what
Smart reminders to settle up
Receipt scanning3 a month free, then Premium
Budgets
Savings goals
Detects recurring subscriptions
Web appShared links, view only
Free tier7-day free trial

monarch.com — checked September 2026

Where Monarch is the better pick

Questions, answered

Is Splitkaro a Monarch alternative?

Partly. Splitkaro keeps all your money in one place: your own spending, your couple and family money, your business, and anything split with friends. What it does not do is budgets, savings goals or net worth, which is what Monarch is built for.

Does Monarch split expenses between people?

It lets a partner see the same accounts and budgets, which is collaboration on one shared picture. It does not split an individual bill between several people, track who owes whom, or chase a settlement.

Is there a free version of Monarch?

Monarch is a paid subscription with a 7-day free trial. Splitkaro has a free tier with unlimited expenses, and premium is optional.

Can I use both?

Plenty of people would be well served doing exactly that: Monarch for the household picture, Splitkaro for anything split with housemates or friends.

Compare Splitkaro with other apps

All your money in one place

Your own spending, your couple and business money, and anything you split. Free on Android and iOS.